How many robots does it take to run a grocery store? [video]

Re:How many robots does it take to run a grocery store? [video] by dkjaudyeqooe on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @08:51AM (#27747803)

I wonder what happens when a robot gets physically stuck in the middle of that grid. Do they have a trolley that humans can use to skate over and dislodge the offending device?

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Re:How many robots does it take to run a grocery store? [video] by jhgorrell on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @04:05PM (#27753572)

In one of the other videos, you can see a 3 by 3 sized platform with the same wheel setup - it has a platform for 1-2 people and a crane.

I imagine they set some sort of exclusion zone around the broken robot, then drive out in the large platform and pick it up.

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Re:How many robots does it take to run a grocery store? [video] by alanbernstein on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @09:25AM (#27748190)

Seems like any other bot could push it to the edge. It just requires a failed robot to default to a neutral gear.

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Re:How many robots does it take to run a grocery store? [video] by lucb1e on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @04:18PM (#27753690)

Or they have a boss-level robot with a bit of rubber on the wheels and you don't even have to fail in neutral.

I kind of wish this would turn into a giant robot wars for a few days of the year, maybe you can buy a ticket to control one of them for the day, if only it weren't such a waste ^^'

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